2019 Week #5 Discussion

[Vic Carucci]

GAME OF THE WEEKCleveland (4-0-0, PR 85) at Norfolk (4-0-0, PR 93)Norfolk is favored by 7 points.61 degrees, 13mph, Rain.

MARQUEE MATCHUPReno (3-1-0, PR 82) at Oakland (3-1-0, PR 76)PUSH.50 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

MARQUEE MATCHUPTulsa (3-1-0, PR 83) at Vancouver (3-1-0, PR 80)Vancouver is favored by 2 points.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

WORTH WATCHINGWichita (1-3-0, PR 73) at West Virginia (4-0-0, PR 90)West Virginia is favored by 11 points.60 degrees, 12mph, Fair.

WORTH WATCHINGOrlando (1-2-0, PR 70) at Newark (3-1-0, PR 91)Newark is favored by 12 points.50 degrees, 5mph, Rain.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDLos Angeles (1-3-0, PR 70) at Murfreesboro (3-1-0, PR 90)Murfreesboro is favored by 12 points.46 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDMadison (1-2-0, PR 65) at Lawrence (3-1-0, PR 88)Lawrence is favored by 12.5 points.59 degrees, 4mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDLansing (2-2-0, PR 68) at Vermont (2-2-0, PR 78)Vermont is favored by 8 points.49 degrees, 1mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDAnchorage (3-1-0, PR 81) at Houston (1-3-0, PR 63)Anchorage is favored by 5.5 points.68 degrees, 0mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDPortland (2-1-0, PR 83) at Louisiana (1-2-0, PR 63)Portland is favored by 7 points.63 degrees, 3mph, Fair.

REGIONALLY TELEVISEDMontreal (0-4-0, PR 73) at Iowa City (3-1-0, PR 79)Iowa City is favored by 6 points.46 degrees, 8mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERHartford (0-4-0, PR 69) at Chicago (1-3-0, PR 59)Hartford is favored by 2 points.44 degrees, 10mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERPennsylvania (2-2-0, PR 78) at Dakota (0-4-0, PR 59)Pennsylvania is favored by 6.5 points.58 degrees, 4mph, Fair.

DON'T BOTHERSalt Lake City (2-2-0, PR 73) at Little Rock (0-4-0, PR 55)Salt Lake City is favored by 6 points.72 degrees, 4mph, Rain.

[Vic Carucci]

TEAM	ROSTER	OFF	DEF	REC	WINPCT	OPPREC	OPPPCT	PWR RTG	LAST RNK	RTG CHG
Norfolk Vipers	81.2	97.8	77.7	4-0-0	1.000	6-9-0	0.400	92.97	1	-0.59
Newark Bulldogs	88.1	112.1	79.2	3-1-0	0.750	5-11-0	0.313	90.80	3	+2.17
Murfreesboro Mules	87.2	83.0	77.1	3-1-0	0.750	9-7-0	0.563	90.16	4	+2.48
West Virginia Beasts	80.5	82.6	91.8	4-0-0	1.000	5-11-0	0.313	89.96	2	-0.75
Lawrence Phantoms	77.2	99.6	61.3	3-1-0	0.750	10-6-0	0.625	88.37	5	+2.05
Cleveland Clawz	75.8	75.6	78.3	4-0-0	1.000	5-10-0	0.333	85.42	6	+0.44
Portland Seals	85.7	85.5	63.1	2-1-0	0.667	5-7-0	0.417	83.06	9	-0.77
Tulsa TigerHawks	77.6	81.9	72.5	3-1-0	0.750	7-9-0	0.438	82.85	12	+4.18
Fresno Warthogs	88.0	70.2	72.1	2-2-0	0.500	9-6-0	0.600	82.37	10	+0.44
Reno Wolfpack	73.3	72.1	74.3	3-1-0	0.750	9-7-0	0.563	82.27	11	+1.97
Anchorage Lynx	80.5	69.0	66.7	3-1-0	0.750	7-9-0	0.438	80.86	7	-3.54
Vancouver Killer Whales	81.2	74.4	71.3	3-1-0	0.750	5-10-0	0.333	80.49	14	+2.97
Iowa City Snipe Hunters	79.3	88.1	53.2	3-1-0	0.750	5-11-0	0.313	79.36	13	+0.98
Pennsylvania Lions	72.4	81.8	69.1	2-2-0	0.500	9-6-0	0.600	77.85	8	-6.17
Vermont Mountaineers	75.8	81.6	78.0	2-2-0	0.500	7-8-0	0.467	77.52	20	+4.12
Oakland Assassins	71.5	72.9	63.8	3-1-0	0.750	6-10-0	0.375	76.22	15	-0.41
Georgia Generals	81.9	71.6	67.7	1-3-0	0.250	8-6-0	0.571	73.06	17	-2.47
Montreal Firebirds	87.7	65.6	73.9	0-4-0	0.000	12-4-0	0.750	73.03	19	-0.92
Wichita Outlaws	73.1	69.9	65.9	1-3-0	0.250	12-4-0	0.750	72.79	22	+1.43
Salt Lake City Stallions	67.6	74.9	60.5	2-2-0	0.500	9-7-0	0.563	72.71	16	-2.84
Orlando Pirates	63.7	72.4	54.6	1-2-0	0.333	9-3-0	0.750	69.96	25	+2.29
Los Angeles Matadors	75.5	62.1	69.5	1-3-0	0.250	9-6-0	0.600	69.64	18	-4.59
Hartford Whalers	80.5	61.7	51.7	0-4-0	0.000	14-2-0	0.875	69.13	23	-1.33
Lansing Ogres	68.0	70.1	67.1	2-2-0	0.500	5-11-0	0.313	67.55	21	-4.23
St. Louis Cardinals	69.3	68.5	80.4	2-2-0	0.500	3-12-0	0.200	67.16	29	+3.11
Texas Trojans	70.5	66.7	67.7	1-3-0	0.250	8-8-0	0.500	66.09	24	-2.21
Madison Demons	70.8	60.7	67.5	1-2-0	0.333	5-7-0	0.417	65.28	26	-1.39
Houston Renegades	67.9	68.6	52.9	1-3-0	0.250	8-8-0	0.500	63.39	27	-1.18
Louisiana Voodoo	66.7	47.0	96.6	1-2-0	0.333	4-8-0	0.333	63.28	28	-0.96
Dakota Spirit	64.3	73.3	55.3	0-4-0	0.000	9-6-0	0.600	59.35	30	-3.57
Chicago Crusaders	54.2	50.8	57.7	1-3-0	0.250	10-5-0	0.667	58.91	31	+2.87
Little Rock Toads	62.8	50.4	61.8	0-4-0	0.000	9-7-0	0.563	54.66	32	+2.47

[Mike17]

Ugh. I don't feel good about this game at all....

GL rook

[Matt]

clash for AC supremacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Matt]

Looking forward to playing the up and coming Pirates. We may be a fair bit older, but we're not ready to step aside in the NC East just yet.

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[Matt]

NC West with 3 3-1 teams right now.

Reno v Oakland is going to be an awesome game.

[Argot]

NC West with 3 3-1 teams right now.

Reno v Oakland is going to be an awesome game.

PUSH.....Good news is I get the home game on the last game of the season, winning this one would be bonus!

[JesterBlaze]

Norfolk/Cleveland is HUGE!! Also interested in NWK/ORL.


Madison's roster has quite a few players that are either ex-Phantoms (from the disgusting free agent fiasco of 2016-17) or players I was targeting in the draft. I don't know about 12.5 pts but hopefully we can pull off the win.

[CyYoung]

We're playing Gene Hamilton this week. Big test for our shaky D.

[markc]

Looking forward to the Cleveland/Norfolk game and the big Reno/Oakland tilt. The winner of that game will have an early edge in the division (especially if it is Reno). I'm somewhat surprised that this is a push and not a slight edge to Oakland.

Excited to play Tulsa to see if the Whales can compete with the big dogs. Tulsa has only the #22 ranked total offense but the #4 scoring offense, while we are #7 in total offense but only #19 in Scoring...showing how efficient Tulsa's offense is and ours not so much - too many penalties and turnovers.

[tarcone]

Looking forward to the Cleveland/Norfolk game and the big Reno/Oakland tilt. The winner of that game will have an early edge in the division (especially if it is Reno). I'm somewhat surprised that this is a push and not a slight edge to Oakland.

Excited to play Tulsa to see if the Whales can compete with the big dogs. Tulsa has only the #22 ranked total offense but the #4 scoring offense, while we are #7 in total offense but only #19 in Scoring...showing how efficient Tulsa's offense is and ours not so much - too many penalties and turnovers.

Another tough game. We play poorly on the road. And Vancouver is a good team. We need to really score some points in this one.

GL Mark.

[Jave]

STILL chewing on a gameplan. Looks like it will be a 6am wakeup to decide where I'm going to attack.
This could be THE game of the year for both teams. Winner of this one has the SLIGHT edge for the division championship.

[Vic Carucci]

IFL GAMEDAY: 2019 Week 5

GAME RESULTS
BOX		Anchorage Lynx	24-27	Houston Renegades		LOG
BOX		Cleveland Clawz	16-24	Norfolk Vipers		LOG
BOX		Hartford Whalers	10-13	Chicago Crusaders		LOG
BOX		Lansing Ogres	9-17	Vermont Mountaineers		LOG
BOX		Los Angeles Matadors	6-17	Murfreesboro Mules		LOG
BOX		Madison Demons	17-27	Lawrence Phantoms		LOG
BOX		Montreal Firebirds	7-27	Iowa City Snipe Hunters		LOG
BOX		Orlando Pirates	3-29	Newark Bulldogs		LOG
BOX		Pennsylvania Lions	20-17	Dakota Spirit		LOG
BOX		Portland Seals	17-20	Louisiana Voodoo		LOG
BOX		Reno Wolfpack	26-20	Oakland Assassins		LOG
BOX		Salt Lake City Stallions	16-34	Little Rock Toads		LOG
BOX		Tulsa TigerHawks	20-13	Vancouver Killer Whales		LOG
BOX		Wichita Outlaws	10-13	West Virginia Beasts		LOG

TOP PERFORMERS
OFF POTW		RB Donald Ozguner (IWC)	26-98, 2TD. 2/20/1 rec.
DEF POTW		WLB Adam "HORSE" Kollars (MAD)	10tkl, 1ast, 2sk, 2hur, 1kd, 0int.
OFF ROTW		RB Vincent Graham (DAK)	20-109, 1TD. 1/10/0 rec.
DEF ROTW		RCB Omar Couture (HAR)	0int, 3pd, 1 ctc, 31 psply, 101.4 pdpct, 3tk, 1a.
ST POTW		FS Irving Sweeney (REN)	0-0-0TD pr. 5-258-1TD kr, 0tk.

[tarcone]

We jumped out and then hung on. Defense plays well as we limit the Whales to 13 points.

Offense struggled against a very good defense. It was brutal. We were pushed around all day.

GG Mark.

[Kozure]

good game, Wichita. Christian Jacobs first interception in five years was a big one.


Now time to for Norfolk in a battle of undefeated's. This is probably the game of the year, so far, in the IFL.